as a Last Name
- 19,679
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Ash
Meaning & Origins
English: from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ (Old English æsc), hence a topographic name for someone living by an ash tree or a habitational name from any of the many places in southern and central England named with this word (Derbyshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Surrey, Shropshire, Somerset, and elsewhere).
| 1,569th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 19,679
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Ash per capita
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